| IDLE COAL MINES AND COTTON MILL Cotton mill out of work due to coal shortage. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 7903 | |
| Catalog #: | 113395 | |
| Clip Number: | 113395-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1685 A | |
| Timecode: | 01:52:21 - 01:55:37 | |
| Location: | United Kingdom | |
| Year Shot: | 1947 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Textiles INDUSTRY/MINING: Coal LABOR UNIONS: Miners LABOR UNIONS: Strikes LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK | |
| Description: | COAL CRISIS - IDLE MILLS AND INTERVIEWS WITH MILL GIRLS AND MINERS Cotton mill out of work due to coal shortage. Various shots of coal mines. Several close up shots of the miners. Various shots of reporter John Parsons, standing with a group of miners interviewing them. Several shots of one of the miners talking - no sound. Various shots of large number of mill workers standing in front of the workshop of the idle Roe Lea Mill at Blackburn. Girls standing in groups, talking. Lines of girls walking towards camera. More shots of the women talking. Reporter John Parsons and factory owner Raymond Duckworth entering and walking through the empty factory. Various shots of the idle machinery in empty factory. Cut back to a brief shot of John Parsons talking to miners. Cut back to idle machinery at cotton mill. | |
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